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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

S.nat9r Stanford has a fine set 81 turn
out- One Of bis landaus must weigh over a
ton. and it cost $4,000 n IS finished within
IN the finest Of satin. and a. you st upon it
YOU sink into a bed OK down. NOtwltlstand
iug IT. weight 10 swings 20 lightly on IT'S
springs tibet one can sway il q aud fro by
touching il with ms little finger. 10 Is the
largest landau in Washington, and when 70 i
drawn bv the senator's two biz black horses
il forms q most striking turn out. Ia addition
t. .ni. b. has a Victoria with C springs. a
lanlauiet. a buggy. a big tw0-h0rse sleigh
and a number OF other carriages, which taken
t1gethe. will make his lift worth half The
amount Of tie pre,ideu salary for year.
Senator stanford Paio Alto lCal.l farm II
600 acre. IS run as carefully %. a great
factory Senator stanford took zap the
ke4uin- Of nne horses a. d rrcrea-
ton. bit le has now turned b. into a
business. and bis sales amount 4 more than
SlOOsOI year. Hi friend tell one that he
doe not suppose he would sell a colt Tor les
than 500. and m selling his horses he never
warrant. their speed. H. guarantees only
th- breeding and that the horse bias trotted Il
Quarter Of d mile IA such q tim In lsSj be
sod over Sar,oW worth on hOI--' ana ar ono
auction sale last year in New York he got
&. 100 ia cash for one shipment and brought
the money back 10 Washington in his
troasers pocket He lately sold one horse 10
Llfillard for 5000. another 10 Miller q Sib-
lev To- $1,000 and a third 10 StocAbridge,
the nes senator from Michigan. for $4,000.
The horse which Stockbridge bought was a
young S-year-old stallion named Sphinx.
Senator Stanford did mol know that Stock
bridge was 20 lie the purchaser, and II was
bought through d third party One OF STAR
fotd's horses. named Midnight, be would not
sel for $4,000, and BE- has been Offered
$4,000 for 10 and would not take IL. Tie
bor.e has 100 record, and this offer j. oonsid-
ered very remarkable. He has lost some
thing by accidents to bis horses, and Fred
Croker nss estimated " 10 worth w. w,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

trance stating that president coADHAAA.
strangers are not admitted. Uut the dantiest
.4dy could walk through tsess stables without
.o.lng heI clothes. snd everything is kept in
apple pie order.
Telephone Bel. ll- q stable which Is built
upon ground worth 81 least s. q square foot.
and h. pressed brick barn would ma,r o good
enough h0use for a cougressmau to lfe iL
Don Cameron is a great horse lover. and be-
keels O number OF fine riding and driving
horses here az Washington He and Gen sheri
dan often ride out 10 the country together
Secretary Eniic0tt bought Senator fendle
tons team saeu be- rented his house ofhim.
never "a Attorney General Garland driving
ana Lamar rode on horseback during the fist
DAYS Of bis administration
The Russian diplomats drive COOL horses,
and I see me Russian going about the city
10 q rg which looks as though % might
have stepped out ol a painting ~ n siberian
scene 10 has d single horse ~ immense -iD4
| driven by a Russian who viii weigh at least
80 pounds. The horse haas "a great bow oFer
BIS back aud the carriage Ii large enough Tor
oniy one person, and the driver sits Do front
Of the occupant
IHHFIHA U. NNNaa ANANNN MWN W|| NH 500"
possession OF Gen. Besle, WHO i. one ~ tae
most noted horsemen Of Washington lie
has "A stock farm near here, and De and Grant
used todnve out 20 this whenever the general
/ visited the cts
a great many ~ the senator, drive good
horses. Warner Miller had "a couple c-
! Hamblefonians who could tr9t DOB three min-
utes. and Senator Spooner dnve "a lair "
bavs who want % pass everything ou the
road The horses OF Senators Allison aud
Sherman make no pre,en-i0ns as % speed.
They ags good looking, moderate going trot-
ters, and Senator Egarts drives a couple %
very good horses Of Kentucky stock.
Some Of the public men here rent their
horses and livery % match. You can get a
/ horse and coupe, with driver, 20 serve you
during the season az $50 a month, and the
carriage will bee subject 90 your call II IS
said that some Of the fine turlouts Of the
legations are hired at The livery stables, and
one minister is said 20 pay slI5 "a month for
an eQuipage which passes as his own.
Secretary Whitney is the finest judge 0t
horseAesA IL the cabinet. he drive. ID gIi
u clean limbed big roans. with short tai-
he has q number Of saddle horse aHi "a 81
BAY buggy horse, which IS said 90 be- able @.
I rot IN 2.81. Secretary Faircllld has ID Big
riding horse, and be rides az a good rate over
the country roads near ~ashingt0m Score
tary Bayard drives q large coach before
which there j.. d comfortable looking pair Of
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

Another curious old custom relates 20
births. and the owns Of Harlem and
Melemb'ik alone own with pridei ts right
In 1913. when the Spaniards TOOK Haar-
Tenn after ms famous siege. they sent no.
rice rhar Sd houses wherein Jay d mother
and q new born babe should have their
Knockers mufiel boz white FOR "a month
and sd escape ,ackinE Ihencef0rth births
iu Ha8r.em arc celebrated by what has
now become an ornament On the door,
called q .klopper Hugo brought forth
their family one % show me-a square OF
lace with bis coat az arms finely em-
hrr.icrcl and edged with fine old Mech
lu. This I~ lined in white for a girl. half
in pink for a b0y Fastened over wood
it wa- hung out Dos day and carefully gof
fered again 90 night. The jews-the
plague here VI AN cur.o fanc.er--scenting
out every bit of old silver lace china or
carving Boo cottage or family seat, came
shifting around bis stopper with vsinly
large offers flr the Mechiiu when last IL
was hung out-lioiland Cor Sew York
Graphic
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

Chicsgo's grand gala is progressing
The military encampment called Camp
Sheridan was formally opened by the
regulars from Forts Wayne and Smelling.
The competitive drills we're made the
main feature Of the celebration, and yes.
terday was fought one Of those beautiful
sham battles that make the militiaman's
heart thrill with martial pride when he
snuffs yillaiDous ssltpetre from a blank
cartridge, and sees through the smoke
the futtering kerchiefs Of fair ladies,
while like an amateur knight he charges
before the eyes of heroes.
There was a parade in honor Of the
Presidents arrival, and the air was per-
iumed with militia sulphur, and made
resonant with glorious music.
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ORATORN.

Reform, says the %yirtuous reform
lecturer Of the old Hsyerley Minstrel
show, ar de origin oh de future Jumbo
and de big mastodon principle whar
brings TO de poor man all he want srter
iakin' II away from de rich Whar does
all de money go' De ladies dey gifts
away wild about two thirds, or, msbe, six
ffths ob IL; but dey don't take it all. No,
sab. De res, OBJ II goes to dc mon0po.
li,er, and what by rights belongs TO
Reform ar gobbled by de rats-ristock
rats, and monopolizers, and slaves whar
works all day for wsges-while Reform
amt paid nary cent for wslkin' about"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

some years I'd Christine Nilsson.
whose recent marriage you remember. had
the lines OF her hand examined hy a
palmist. who told her she would have
trouble from two causes. fire and maniacs.
This prediction was verified. for during
the Chicago fire she lost $50. 900. and
when Boston was burned she lost $500
900. When az New York a crazy man
followed her for a week, believing that
she words addressed by Marguerite 10
Faust were intended for himself. In
Chicago a poor student decided 10 marry
her. and wrote passionate letters. to which
he received no answer. One day he came
in "a superb sleigh, drawn by four horses,
10 take his afianced bride 20 the church.
The manage quoted him by saving.
You are late. Mime. Nilsson has gone
there 20 wait for YOU. The third insane
person was her husband. NJ Rouzeattd,
who died in an asylum.-Musical Record.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

md ~as winning all the rso- In 'eh'ornls'
when be s~prained his hip and became P'ac'
ally worthless. ,
Next 70 Stanford, Representaii'e sco''' OF
Erie, Pa, is perhaps the most noted morse
owner in congress. he has a stock farm NJ
Cape Charles in which there are twenty even
boxes for horses and q walking ring an eightn
IF q mile long under cover, where the horses
ran walk and trot when the weather i PAD
Scotts regular track j. q mile long and forty
five feet vide, with the turn rsised about Two
'sef. Here Scott is breeding some very hne
colts. and be had this spring twen'y-one
horses in training. Among these are some ot
,ha mo-f noted horses u the country.
Scott drives a team here At Washington
which is valued al s. 80, and It i said that
his coachman j. paid 800 month and FOUND
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06
Cost NDRi Ms

Where was Billy Rice, the Reform
lecturer Of the Mastodon Ministries, when
the gas was turned of
Where WAS Moses when his light went
ont
Where was Prophet John Wise when
after telegraphing Blaine that Virginia
had gone Republican he suddenly dis
covered that the majority was on the
other side,
Where was Reformer Malone when
John Daniel got his seat in the Senate,
where was Riddleberger when Malone
sued him o u that note for $500
Were f. that policy Of Malone and
Wise. who discounted the wages Of the
laborers on the railroad. as published IN
1883,
Where are the offices and the plumber
promised by Malone & Co. when the
had me Administration
Answer. G.. o. p. grand old past
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

There are some marked changes IN She
oyster business remarked an old gentle
man 90 d reporter Twenty five years
ago there was in vogue DO the oyster
saloons what was called the individual
chaf- You were allowed 20 stew your
0uu oysters. The propriet0rs brought 20
rhe table after you were seated q chatting
dish. am alcohol lamp. milk. oysters,
crackers -ea-0nin. ETC., and You pre-
pared the stew t0 suit yourself 10 may
not have been exceedingly profitable, but
70 was popular. Night after night a
party of us would have our regular stew,
tie privilege 20 make them ourselves
being quite an inducemeut. We would
have our oysters promptly, four chatting
dishes a-g0.ng al once. i would take
Well 90 introduce his method again -
Philadelphia Call.
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srpy.sHow TO wAHo>Is CIRCUS.

The street parade and Subsequent ring
and olio perfonasn the R'formersl last
Tuesday night is doubtless well enough
understood in It's details by this time TO
render any further attempt a, deception
A. vsin A. q belief in the total stupidity
Of oue-hslf the inhabitants OF the city.
1. it to be supposed that an alleged
party with pretended principles can
achieve anything fair or honorable
when they are ashamed TO invite their
allies to march with them, or afraid to do
It and face the charge openly tina they
are cooperating with the Nshone-Re-
publicanss
After the demonstration Of Tuesday
night and the snimosiiy shown by the
men engaged in it towards the honest
working men who hold themselves above
the temptations offered bysucha party,
we feel confident that there Is but one
single thing to prevent the return Of four
s~traighiout Democrats to the Legislature
and by a majority that will give a final
lesson 70 all coalition in Richmond
upon that plan. and this is a lack Of
organization to bring out the st'y-si-
home vote.
There are perhaps one hundred turou-
lent spirits IN the city who seek any or
ganizsiion or coalition 10 vent their spite
on a community that does not hold them
in honor and respect. Fancied wrongs
Misrepresentation, passion and revenge
plumber and envy, greed Of office, with
the hope to misuse ii spleen and malice
and all uncharitableness-thes are the
ingredients Of the political %cauldron,
called the Reform movement, that is be
ing stirred by the unseen hand Of William
Malone,
Can any honest man doubt il;
Let him review the acts of some of the
Reformers. and ask the simple question
where is their vote to come from If not
from the sworn followers Of Malone, is
the personality Of the master changed or
the reasons that prompt service under
him. or il there any reform in the policy
OF his party since they we're beaten horse
foot and dragons in three pitched bat
ties. and all because 81 then piraticsl
WAYS:
Does n sane man suppose That me
mixed cohort enlisledInDder a buccaneers
banner can have any better motives than
the old regular band who have been
trained to the business inspired by greed
Of plumber and power and disciplined by
the whip:
Would not Legislators elected by this
Reform. coalition obey the orders Of
Malone and John Wise blindly,
Would not The power Of the city if
one victory led to another BE absolutely
in Mahone's hands
These are = few questions worth the
consideration Of every Democrat, and We
think that the recent performance Of the
Malone .ide.show emphasizes their i'm
DOrfance.
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A Generous Remembrance.

Not long q q wealthy citizen - Bo-
ton departed this life leaving several
children. but n0 widow, his wife having
died some years before. His estate was
very large. amounting, | believe. 10 more
than half % million dollars. By his viii
De- left three-Quarters OF this property 20
his three children. IN trust. and the re-
manning one quarter be bequeathed 20 an
acquaintance who now lives in New York.
There had been mo- particular intimacy
between the two men. and almost every
body who knew them was exceedingly sur
prised flaf fhe bequest should have been
made. or is hardly necessary 20 say that
al kinds of explanations were advanced
hy the world. most Of which involved SOME
~|candalous relation between the TWO per
sons concerned.
happened 90 know the true solution Of
The mystery Many years ag0-how many
I do not care % sav-the Boston man had
offered himself 20 a beautiful girl. who
refused him. and subsequently married
his less prosperous rival In curse Of
time the rejected suitor also married. as
do. and dying. he took this means "
adding 10 the happiness Of his old love.
who was ,orely IN need Of the money. /
think thar everybody viii admire both the
generosity Of the gfr and the tact whiFl
Ted the te-tator 90 make 10 20 the husband
instead of t0 the wife. Boston Post.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

The New York I.ays iLinzs hat ls
going 70 te . colo dsy fof certain sor
OF political o~Tg1Iizat.ons tAozgss ~ fAe
rev In Irving Hall gay. ne linn
The political body which hzs boue We
name o. Irving Hall exploded Last Iight
and The fragment have gone 1hizzing
of through space 10 find other afiniiies
This catastrophe cannot be- ieckOned a
disaster. II was inevitable, for the or
gsnizaiion has Of late been really but =
band Of strikers and when the Demo
crscy Of the State kicked Il ont Of the
Saratoga Convention II was plain that It's
career was over
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

Larry Jerome j. not eminent In politics
or finance, has never held a notable uub-
lie position and his wealth Is limited, yet
when he arrived from England Yesterday
the whole town began 10 gossip and today
there are interviews in the papers col
umns in length. n would puzzle an u
sider 70 account for Larry Jerome's prom
inence No recent arrival has attracted
so much attention. Beside him the 81
ame.e princes, the Duke OF Marlborough
Sir LYON Playfsir and all the other nobil-
tiles fade ont Of sight. Larry Jerome
d,varfs them all. The explanation Is
simple. He's a diner ont and p mighty
u AZ that. His presence AZ a table IN
sures the success Of the entertainment
Wherever he goes he is eagerly sought
after on account Of his jOllity. wit and
humOr. I've known John ". Nackay
and Roscoe Conkling 20 wander about the
uptown cafes for hours trying 10 ind Je-
rome or Tom Ochiltree so As 70 carry them
of to dinner.
4 more beautiful and touching sight
than these four gentlemen around the fes-
tive board IL would be impossible % i'm
auine. I've seen them in the now defunct
Carleton club when even the walters were
impressed by the air OF geniality and good
fellowship that lowered over the table.
Ochilfree was benign. rotund. gloomy.
fiery and Joyous; Mackay silent and
bright eyed. smiling with intense amuse-
ment. C0nkling d%iguifed, but quizzical
and bright. aud Larry Jerome smiable,
easy. quick ~ a flash AZ repartee, brim-
ming over with infectious mn-in a word,
himself Ochiltree's fame is still grow
ing aud be yves IL al to his social quail
ties. Like Jerome. he is short. stout and
the picture Of good living New York
Cor. Philadelphia Pres.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

Truth j. the foundation Of honor. and
this is strikiugly illustrated on tx world
OF waters Every duty on board Of aship
must be performed t%rufhfully The most
debased sailor that ever lived. II sen aloft
ia a dark and stormy night 10 inspect the
condition Of sail or yard. would not dare
20 make a false report. Again, II the
captain were on the fOrecastle and hailed
the man az the wheel how the snip headed.
he would implicitly believe the answer re-
ceiyed. Now for the result Of This truth
fulne,,. We always have many millions
Of property afoat. yet who ever hears Of
crews running away with their ships or
embezzling their cargOes, Look mp and
down the lists OF bankrupts ashore. and
how rarely or never do We see the names
Of master marines Boston Bulletin.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

When a set Of honest working men
iraternized with their brethren ia the
unions Of laboring men all over the c0un-
Try, are at work making wage for their
families, and they are jcered by a gang Of
shysters directed by Malone and Wise
and called rats because they prefer at
tending 10 their own business % being
hired OF caioled into a %"coalish, Is This,
reform Ii locks as if il was BIT
who are the Reformersf q
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

The SIN s. rather hypercriticalin fling
ing nbald satire at the President because
he used the information in the American
Encyclopedia to remind Terre Haute Of
its glorious past.
Was the President 10 indulge in q dem
agogue's formula OF oratory and spread
a lsther OF iattery on the political per-
formances of Terre Haute, just to lay
himself open 10 the charge of election
eering
OF course not. The President is 8 man
Of big common n and honesty and a
typical American, VIII, honors the great
American authority on native history.
Terre Haute pronounced by the Hoos-
Ter Teyry Hp0 is, according TO the simple
statement Of history, a highland town, as
the name signifies. We have seen a
Judge in that town trying a case with his
boots on the desk and a cigar in his
mouth. while the Commonwealth AttOr-
ney sawed the air with his arms, squirted
tobacco Juice at the slOye and yelled Just
a. well as a great jurist ever did II in old
Virginia Doubtless il was one OF the
French posts taken by General Clarke
with the Virginia rangers. and he WAS
right not to hold on TO il.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

The last cansrd duck is that Count
Mitkiewicz has obtained all the conces-
sions possible from China, and viii assess
the Celestial Emperor for q little more
Doodle with whi-h 20 90 into an Amer-
can enterprise in the shape " suing all
the newspapers for libel Re thinks that
il he can hypoihecste the concessions for
enough cash 10 retain lawyer. be can
make the job worth fJ0CCJO0D The
question il, which paper can do the most
libeling on the count and get 'he G--i
advertisement.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

c. p. +. BURGwYN. Principal. and Insiruc-
tor of TrigonOmetry. Applied Mechanics.
Architecture Construction. aud Engineer.
ing.
W. X. H1GHAM. Assistant Instructor Of
Architecture Construction.
tx. h. GkfFFETH>. Instructor OF Mechanical
Design.
J. ". LINK. Instructor Of Instrumental
Drawing.
". r. n. FINKE. Assistant Instructor ofTn-
strumental Drawing.
WILLIAM l.. SHEPPARD. Instructor al
Free-Hand Drawing.
d.. ". DE SYLVIA. Assistant Instructor OF
Free Hand Drawing.
LYON g.. TYLER. Instructor OF ArifhmetIc-
Glasses B and a..
GEORGE :. CRENSHAW. Instructor OF
Arithmetic Glass A.
REUBEN sHIRREFFS. Instructor Of Al
gebm and geometry.
". ". POOL, Instructor OF Bookkeeping.
Z. II. IkNEk. Assistant Instructor Of BOOK
keeping.
DR.. CHARLES n. CHALKLEY. Instructor
OF Chemistry. Electricity. and Physics.
Application for m~africuar0n should b.
made Co. Thomas Elicit. Secretary. on or before
September Z4th.
vi WHITEHCRST. Chairman.
HENRY O. JONES.
vs.. r.. sIMONS.
Committee 90 Night School.
fsel6-FrSuWc f0f
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

That j. a comical affair Of honor, at
least as it is reported by the press. A
gentleman in South Carolina challenged
another upon a quarrel originating in a
difference on doctrinal points in the
church to which they both belonged.
The challenged party declined the offer
through a sheriff, and 50 the law will
have 10 try the point in the quarrel.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

The owner Of the Galveston Ner. have
been arrested for publishing a Sunday
paper. That is the Joke Of the season.
Nobody ever was arrested for publishing
a Monday paper, and yet for the Monday
paper the work is done on Sunday, and
for the Sunday papertbe work isdone on
Saturday
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

III y TTNITITII
City OF R~ichmond-To wit.
This day personally appeared before me- ".
W. Cosby. Jr.. a notary public Tor thc ct}
aforesaid. In the state of Virginia, }. !. Lewis
and T.. NJ. Foster, and ACKNOWLEDGED their TX
natures 10 the writing hereto annexed bearing
date on the Ist day of September, l-l and the
said J.. I. Lewis. the general partner mention
ed in the paper hereto annexed bearing date as
above. made oath that =. VI. Foster. the special
partner mentioned TO- said paper. has paid IN
cash into said business the sum Of two thou
sand dollars. that being the sum he was 10 con
tribute 10 saId partnership.
Given under my hand this 81 day OF Septem
Der. lSs,. W W. COsBY, JR, y. Y.
3ses wclawow
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banged tailed bays, and the secretary has
also a fine saddle horse, though be has not
used this at paper chasing. John r Mclean
drives two horses which cost him $1,000
apiece, and his coachman d a colored man IN
a very stylish livery. Bancroft has a Ken
lucky saddle horse, and in addition % this a
pair Of black horses for his carriage.
Take the horses OF Washington ami they
are on the average a. good a. those Of any
city Of the United Stat,> The best product
Of all parts Of the country comes here, and
good horses can be gotten as cheaply al the
capital - in any market Of the country
THOMAS J. TODD.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

The rockets fired at the TINES com
positors on Tuesday night by the In
formers have recoiled on the rapscsl-
lions who flung them and will burn their
fingers.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06

That Is another Characteristic trick To
try to make people believe that the Re
former gas was u off by the Democrats.
Where is the natural gas Of oratOry
that was wont to be the only thing the
Mshonites had besides the ~preysricstion
mill =